- Diamond Comics has Kevin’s new Spidey/Black Cat issue #1 at number two on the top 100 sellers list for this week. The chart is based on the number of copies that are ordered by retailers, and does not include news stand sales (which don’t really add up to much these days). The latest issue of THE TRANSFORMERS is number one. We hope to have some more official figures soon.
- Kevin posted a long rebuttle post to all the criticism he’s been getting on the Dc Web Boards about Green Arrow (specifically how late it is). Here’s a bit of that:
If comics was all I did for a living, I’d say I’m a bad, bad boy. But comics aren’t my primary occupation. And any comics publisher I write for knows this up front. So when they choose to have me write something for them, they know there’s a potential for lateness somewhere down the line. It’s a trade-off they seem willing to make, because the higher profile of my other job makes it easy for them to sell more of the comics I write.
And, make no mistake: I KNOW the comics I pen get as much attention as they do because of my other job, not because I’m a genius comic-writer. However, that being said, the percentage of my comics’ audience who’ve bought my stuff solely because I’m a also film-maker is negligible. Not that anybody’s asked, but I think, largely, the reason why the comics I write sell well is because they’re stories people relate to in some small way – be it that they see themselves reflected in the characters, or because the stories themselves are not all that different from something the reader would write, if given the chance. You don’t have to tell earth-shattering stories to find an audience (Lord knows my career in comics AND film stands as testimony to that); you just have to tell stories that folks enjoy reading.
Read the entire post, which contains a lot more from Kevin, at the DC Boards.
- Jason Lee’s Foundation for the Arts held its inaugural event late last week. You can find some shots of Lee with attendees such as Kevin & Jen (lots of other stars as well) right HERE, thanks to WireImage. Looks like they had some great stuff on display!
- Adam Duritz of Counting Crows is apparently a View Askew fan. His last post to the official website says, “p.s. I loved Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and I especially loved the ending. Lock your doors”. Apparently he grew tired of the bickering on their official message board and jumped ship.
- The Mallrats DVD Easter Egg of Kevin teasing egg hunters gets a mention in the “Women of Enron” issue of Playboy under the article “Cracked Eggs”.
- A band from Kansas called ORIGIN, on Relapse Records has sampled Dogma on their new CD. Track 2, “Inhuman,” begins with a sample of the Metatron quote from “Dogma”, just before the part where God “speaks” in the film. Also, we hear there’s a band in Reno, Nevada calling themselves “Stevedave”.
- Shannen Doherty is to slated to host a new US TV show which mixes candid camera and sci-fi films — “Scare Tactics” will be shown on the Sci-Fi Channel. The show will secretly film pranks inspired by sci-fi movies, involving haunted houses and alien abductions. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will debut in October.
